Name: The Unlikely Rise of Ulysses Grant
Duration: 61
Description: Ulysses Grant took an unconventional path to the White House, rising from a leather goods salesman to a heroic general in a matter of months.

Ulysses Grant took an unconventional path to the White House, rising from a leather goods salesman to a heroic general in a matter of months.

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The Unlikely Rise of Ulysses Grant

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Christian Zapata

<p>America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.</p>


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